“Well, did anybody speak to you about us after we registered?”
“Yas, suh, sevr’l.”
“Did any of them want to know whether we were on our wedding trip?”
“Yas, suh, they did.”
“Well, what did you say to them?”
“I sez to ’em: ‘Naw, indeedy, them young folks ain’t no bridal couple—they’s jest a couple of chums.’ ”
§ 201 Tuesday May Have Been Worse
Out in Australia two Cockneys were sentenced to die for an atrocious murder. As the date for execution drew nearer the nerves of both of them became more and more shaken. Dawn of the fatal morning found them in a state of terrific funk.
As they sat in the condemned cell waiting the summons to march to the gallows one of the pair said:
“Me mind’s all in a whirl. I carn’t seem to remember anything. I carn’t even remember what dye of the week it is.”